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Evidence (2023)
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Saint Petersburg's StormLand deliver stoner metal from the cultural capital since 2013. Their territory-of-tempests name channels the weather-battered Baltic coast into over a decade of groove-driven compositions.
Como's Stormlash thrash from the Lombard lakeside since 2013. Their weather-violence name captures the sudden, whipping force of their compositions, delivered with the lake region's dramatic natural energy.
Austrian black metal project active since 2000, self-described as purveyors of "deadly hymns of supreme magickal Black Metal," with four full-length albums spanning "Funeral Apocalypse" (2003) through "Omega Therion" (2014). Their occult-themed output maintains a consistent devotion to ritualistic, atmospheric black metal.
Uppsala's Stormr pair heavy and doom metal from Sweden's academic capital since 2018. Their Old Norse name meaning "storm" channels the tempestuous energy of Viking-age weather into compositions of weighty, historically rooted metal.
StormRaiser deliver heavy metal from Tampere, channeling the genre's storm-raising power from Finland's third-largest city. Active since 2013, they bring tempestuous energy to the Pirkanmaa traditional metal scene.
Stormrazor is a heavy/power metal band from St. Louis, Missouri, formed in 2020, delivering energetic, melody-focused metal with the anthemic thrust of power metal.
Stormreaper is a traditional heavy metal band from Portland, Oregon, formed in 2015, playing straightforward, riff-driven metal in the classic mold of American and British heavy metal.
Stormreaver is an epic heavy metal band from Morgantown, West Virginia, formed in 2025, drawing from the grand, bombastic tradition of epic and US power metal.
Stormriders is a stoner/doom metal band from New York City, formed in 2024, blending the hazy, fuzz-drenched heaviness of stoner metal with the slow, crushing momentum of doom.
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